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It’ll be no mismatch, vows captain Paine

By Chris Stocks
ENGLAND may be without the injured Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes, but the upcoming one-day series against an even-more depleted Australia still promises to be overwhelmingly one-sided.
The Australians are not just without Steve Smith and David Warner, the pair banned from international cricket for a year for ball-tampering, but the Ashes-winning fast-bowling triumvirate of Josh Hazelwood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
Even with those five key men available, Australia still lost 4-1 at home to England in January.
Without them, this five-match series that starts at The Oval on...

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